JPH0575822A - Facsimile communication equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make troublesome registering operation unnecessary, and simultaneously, to prevent the erroneous registration of a facsimile number by providing a registration control means which compares the facsimile number of a communicating destination with a registered number, and executes new registration or changed registration in accordance with the necessity of a user if the facsimile number is not registered previously. CONSTITUTION:When facsimile communication is finished (S1), the facsimile number of the communicating destination is stored once in the memory area of a RAM, and the facsimile number is compared with the registered number registered in the abbreviated station of the RAM by a number comparing means. Then, when it is discriminated that the facsimile number is different from the registered number, the facsimile number of the communicating destination is displayed on a display part (integral 2), and the propriety of the registration is inquired (S3). Here, in the case that the registration is not performed, a registering process is finished (S6), and in the case that the registration is performed, an abbreviated number is set as following the display of the designation of the abbreviated number (S4), and the name of the opposite party of the communicating destination corresponding to the facsimile number is registered as following the display of the instruction of the registration of the name of the opposite party of the communicating destination on the display part (S5).

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile communication device for transmitting image information by transmitting / receiving information signals.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in general, a facsimile communication apparatus reads image information of an original with an input unit and transmits this image information as an information signal to a communication destination, while receiving an information signal from the communication destination and receiving this information. The image information of the original is facsimile-communicated by printing out the signal on the recording paper as the image information of the original at the output unit.

Some of the above-mentioned facsimile communication devices are provided with a function of registering a facsimile number of a communication destination in a speed dial memory or a one-touch dial memory, which is convenient for the user of the device. It enables communication.

[0004]

However, in the facsimile communication apparatus capable of registering the facsimile number of the communication destination in the speed dial memory or the one-touch dial memory as in the above-mentioned conventional method, the user of the apparatus is required to register the number. However, since you have to operate the panel keys one by one to enter the facsimile number of the communication destination and the name of the other party,
The user of the device is forced to perform a troublesome registration operation, and in the case of changing and registering the registration number already registered in the memory, once the registration number in the memory is deleted, Since the registration operation has to be performed, there is a problem that the change registration operation requires a more troublesome registration operation.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a facsimile communication apparatus of the present invention transmits and receives image information of an original as an information signal to and from a communication destination via a telephone line and communicates with the communication destination. The following means are taken in the facsimile communication device that enables the registration of the above facsimile number in the number registration means.

That is, at the time of communication with the communication destination, the number comparison means for comparing the facsimile number of the communication destination included in the information signal with the registration number registered in the number registration means, and the number comparison of this number comparison means A registration control means for newly registering or changing the facsimile number of the communication destination, which is determined to be different from the registration number registered in the number registration means, in the number registration means as required by the user of the apparatus. There is.

[0007]

According to the above construction, when communicating with the communication destination, the facsimile number of the communication destination included in the information signal is compared with the registration number registered in the number registration means by the number comparison means, and the registration number is registered. If it is determined that the facsimile number is different from the above, the registration control means registers a new or changed number in the number registration means according to the need of the user of the apparatus.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIGS.
The following is a description based on (a) to (d). The standard relating to the facsimile communication device of this embodiment is CCITT (Comite Consultatif International T
elegraphique et Telephonique: International Telegraph and Telephone Advisory Committee) 4 (G3 machine).

The facsimile communication apparatus according to this embodiment is
An input unit that reads the image information of the document, an output unit that prints out the image information of the document on recording paper, and a communication unit that transmits and receives the image information of the document as information signals to and from a communication destination via a telephone line. The image information of the document read by the input unit is transmitted as an information signal from the communication unit to the communication destination, while the information signal from the communication destination received by the communication unit is printed as the image information of the document at the output unit. By outputting
The image information of the original is communicated by facsimile.

Further, the facsimile communication apparatus is provided with a RAM (Random Access Memory) as number registration means, and in this RAM, TSI, CSI, or CIG transmitted from the communication destination as an information signal. A memory area for temporarily storing the facsimile number of the communication destination included in the FiF information of any of the signals, and a shortening station as a number registration area for registering the facsimile number of the communication destination as an abbreviation number. And are formed. As shown in Fig. 2, the above shortening stations are No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, ...
There are multiple stations and each station has a maximum of 30
A digit facsimile number and a partner name of up to 20 characters are registered.

Further, the facsimile communication apparatus of this embodiment is provided with a number comparison means and a registration control means.

The number comparing means is a registration number of the communication destination registered in the shortening station in the RAM and TSI, CSI, or C which is an information signal transmitted via the telephone line.
The facsimile number of the communication destination included in any of the IG signals is compared. The registration control means determines the facsimile number of the communication destination, which is determined to be different from the registration number registered in the RAM by the number comparison of the number comparison means, from the shortening station in the RAM as required by the user of the apparatus. It is designed to be newly registered or changed to.

A process of registering a facsimile number of a communication destination by the facsimile communication apparatus of the present embodiment having the above-mentioned configuration will be described below with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

Note that, as an example, the registration process of the facsimile number of the communication destination shown below is performed by registering the shortened station in the RAM as shown in FIG. 3 (a) with the addition of the station number "3" in Tokyo. The case of changing and registering the old station number "03-123-4567" of the partner name "Sharp" of the communication destination to the new station number "03-3123-4567" shown in FIG. 3B will be described.

First, when the facsimile communication with the communication destination is completed (S1), the Fi of the signal of either TSI, CSI or CIG from the communication destination is accompanied by this.
The facsimile number (03-3 of the communication destination included in the F information
123-4567) is temporarily stored in the memory area in the RAM. Then, the above-mentioned facsimile number is compared with the registration number (03-123-4567, etc.) registered in the shortening station in the RAM by the number comparison means, and when it is determined that it is different from the registration number, the number shown in FIG. As shown in a), the facsimile number of the communication destination is displayed on the display unit (S
2) Further, the user of the apparatus is asked whether or not the facsimile number can be registered (S3).

If the above facsimile number is not registered in S3, the registration process ends there (S).
6). On the other hand, when registering the facsimile number, the process shown in FIG.
The shortening No. is set in accordance with the instruction display for designating the shortening No. on the display section shown in (b) (S4). In addition, the setting of the shortening number as described above is such that at the time of change registration, the shortening number of the number to be changed (03-123-4567) is shortened to the number to be newly changed and registered (03-3123-4567). While specifying as a No., at the time of new registration, it is performed by specifying a shortened No. not specified by the registration number.

Then, in accordance with the instruction display for registering the communication partner's name on the display unit shown in FIG. 4C, the communication partner's name corresponding to the facsimile number is registered (S5), and then,
As shown in FIG. 4D, the completion of registration of the facsimile number is displayed on the display unit, and the above-described registration process of the facsimile number of the communication destination is completed (S6).

As described above, the facsimile communication apparatus of this embodiment is provided with the RAM capable of registering the facsimile number of the communication destination as the shortened number, and the facsimile number of the communication destination included in the information signal and the registration in the RAM. A number comparing means for comparing the number with the number and a registration controlling means for controlling new registration or change registration of the facsimile number of the communication destination in the RAM are provided.

Therefore, the facsimile number of the communication destination is set to R.
When registering as an abbreviation number in AM, the facsimile number included in the information signal from the communication destination can be directly registered in RAM, so it is not necessary to operate the panel keys one by one, and further, By specifying the abbreviated number specified by the registration number in RAM as the abbreviated number at the time of registration, change registration can be easily performed. ,
A troublesome registration operation is avoided.

The above embodiment is not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the present invention.
For example, in the above embodiment, the maximum facsimile number that can be registered in the RAM shortening station is 30 digits, and the maximum other party name is 20 characters. However, these numbers are not particularly limited.

[0021]

As described above, the facsimile communication apparatus of the present invention compares the facsimile number of the communication destination included in the information signal with the registration number registered in the number registration means when communicating with the communication destination. The facsimile number of the communication destination, which is determined to be different from the registration number registered in the number registration means by the number comparison means and the number comparison of this number comparison means, is newly added to the number registration means as required by the user of the apparatus. This is a configuration including registration control means for performing registration or change registration.

As a result, since the facsimile number included in the information signal from the communication destination can be directly and newly registered in the number registration means, there is no need to perform the troublesome registration operation as in the conventional example, and the result As a result, there is an effect that it is possible to provide a convenient facsimile communication apparatus in which a wrong facsimile number of a communication destination is prevented from being registered.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing a registration process of a facsimile number of a communication destination by a facsimile communication apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a shortening station formed in a RAM configuring the facsimile communication device.

3A is an explanatory diagram showing an old station number registered in a shortened station in RAM, and FIG. 3B is an explanatory diagram showing a new station number registered in a shortened station in RAM. It is a figure.

FIG. 4 (a) is an explanatory view showing a facsimile number of a communication destination on the display unit, and FIG. 4 (b) is an explanatory view showing an instruction display of a shortened No. designation on the display unit. 6C is an explanatory diagram showing an instruction display for registering a partner name on the display unit, and FIG. 7D is an explanatory diagram showing a completion display of facsimile number registration on the display unit.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A facsimile communication apparatus capable of transmitting and receiving image information of a document as an information signal to and from a communication destination via a telephone line, and registering a facsimile number of the communication destination in a number registration means. At the time of communication with the destination, the number comparison means for comparing the facsimile number of the communication destination included in the information signal with the registration number registered in the number registration means, and the number comparison means registers the number in the number registration means. And a registration control means for newly registering or changing the facsimile number of the communication destination, which is determined to be different from the registered registration number, into the number registration means according to the need of the user of the apparatus. Facsimile communication device.